The Quarterly Review, Volume 27John Murray, 1822 |
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Page 19
... ment and elaboration . Notwithstanding this fault , these works have obtained for him that lasting remembrance for which he toiled . His America Portugueza has disappeared , as well as the work of Joam de Barros upon the same subject ...
... ment and elaboration . Notwithstanding this fault , these works have obtained for him that lasting remembrance for which he toiled . His America Portugueza has disappeared , as well as the work of Joam de Barros upon the same subject ...
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... ment to Lisbon . The engineer returned with the head and right arm of the man , and the head and one leg of the horse , saying that the statue had been overthrown and broken by the storms of the pre- ceding winter ; but the truth , says ...
... ment to Lisbon . The engineer returned with the head and right arm of the man , and the head and one leg of the horse , saying that the statue had been overthrown and broken by the storms of the pre- ceding winter ; but the truth , says ...
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... ment can still be discovered . Jose Agostinho supposes Hanno to have erected the statue , and places under it a Greek inscription engraved on bronze , which . Gama reads and finds to be prophetical of the discoveries and con- quests of ...
... ment can still be discovered . Jose Agostinho supposes Hanno to have erected the statue , and places under it a Greek inscription engraved on bronze , which . Gama reads and finds to be prophetical of the discoveries and con- quests of ...
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... ment , afford abundant proof that he struggled hard to reconcile the ancient rights of the digamma with those still more ancient of the Homeric prosody- Atqui vultus erat magna et præclara minantis . Probably his unsuccessful attempts ...
... ment , afford abundant proof that he struggled hard to reconcile the ancient rights of the digamma with those still more ancient of the Homeric prosody- Atqui vultus erat magna et præclara minantis . Probably his unsuccessful attempts ...
Page 73
... ment , we believe , ( before his unparalleled campaign in the Flo- ridas , ) was that of the murder of two unarmed Englishmen : nay , we can hear without much impatience , that the American govern- ment is the perfection of all human ...
... ment , we believe , ( before his unparalleled campaign in the Flo- ridas , ) was that of the murder of two unarmed Englishmen : nay , we can hear without much impatience , that the American govern- ment is the perfection of all human ...
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